Senior Software Engineer

Pixieset is hiring a Senior Software Developer, Back End to help shape the foundation of our growing platform, supporting over 1.5 million photographers and creative professionals worldwide. As a member of the platform team, you'll work across the stack with a focus on backend systems - designing and building the core services, APIs, and infrastructure that power our expanding product suite.

This role offers the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects that are central to Pixieset’s long-term growth. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering peers to ship high-impact features, improve scalability, and enhance the developer experience across teams. If you are self-motivated, collaborative, and passionate about technology, we’d love for you to join our team.

• Design, build, and evolve scalable backend systems that power Pixieset’s platform and product ecosystem
• Lead the development of high-quality PHP (Laravel) services and APIs that support reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Contribute to architectural decisions that improve system scalability, resilience, and developer velocity across multiple codebases
• Own backend initiatives end-to-end, from technical design through production release and operational support
• Improve and maintain Pixieset’s platform foundations, including APIs, data models, caching layers, and infrastructure
• Participate in operating production systems, including on-call rotations, incident response, root cause analysis, and driving reliability improvements
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and establishing backend best practices
• Partner cross-functionally to translate product and business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Identify and drive platform-level improvements that enhance performance, security, and system reliability

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade backend systems
• Ability to ramp up quickly with PHP and modern frameworks (Laravel and Symfony), with experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Proven experience designing relational database schemas (MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL), optimizing queries, and implementing caching strategies (Redis)
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or leading system design and architectural discussions for scalable, distributed systems
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts, API integrations, and backend performance optimization
• Experience deploying and operating backend systems in cloud environments (AWS), including monitoring and reliability best practices
• Experience owning and operating production systems, including incident response and post-incident improvements
• Track record of delivering backend projects end-to-end with strong technical judgment and risk management
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a high-performing engineering culture
• Strong communication skills and the ability to align technical decisions with product and business priorities

• Hybrid work environment (2 in-office days per week)
• 4 weeks of annual vacation & paid time off for office holiday closure
• RRSP matching
• $2,000 annual health & lifestyle spending account
• $1,000 annual education budget
• $1,000 annual charitable donation matching
• Comprehensive benefits: extended health, critical illness, long-term disability & life insurance
• Company-issued Mac Book & home office budget
• Anniversary rewards & complimentary Pixieset premium account
• Team-building activities & company-wide events
• A workplace recognized for excellence — We’re proudly certified as a Great Place to Work™, ranked #2 among Canada’s Top Employers, and named one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers

The typical salary range for this position is: CAD $119,700 - $161,700 annually. Salary offered will be based on skills, experience and market data.

Pixieset is the #1 go-to platform for photographers to deliver photos, sell prints, book clients, get paid, and more, all in one place. We help millions of photographers and creatives around the world do more of what they love.

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